shyness

I like her all the better for her shyness.

Je l’aime d’autant plus pour sa timidité.

I finally overcame my shyness and asked him out on a date.

J'ai finalement vaincu ma timidité et je lui ai proposé un rendez-vous.

Her shyness makes me like her even more.

Sa timidité me la rend encore plus sympathique.

Perhaps it was the natural shyness of our southern women.

Peut-être était-ce la timidité naturelle de nos femmes du Sud.

— Divorce Italian Style (1961)

I have tried to overcome my shyness, but to no avail.

J’ai essayé de surmonter ma timidité, mais en vain.

I like him all the better for his shyness.

Je l’apprécie d’autant plus qu’il est timide.